..To identify diagnostic features associated with culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the standard for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, to inform clinical end point definitions for new TB vaccine trials...

Michele TamerisSouth African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaPLoS ONE 9:e87340. 2014

..We determined if a MVA85A viral-vector boost could enhance the durability of mycobacteria-specific T cell responses above those induced by BCG alone...

Safety and immunogenicity of a new tuberculosis vaccine, MVA85A, in healthy adults in South Africa